Senate Statistical Summary 3/2015

No. 3—16 to 19 March

General 16 to 19 March 2015 to date 

Number of sitting days

4

12

Average length of a sitting day

10 hrs 06 mins

10 hrs 19 mins

Longest sitting day

11 hrs 29 mins

(16 March)

 11 hrs 29 mins

(16 March)

Shortest sitting day

07 hrs 42 mins

(17 March)

07 hrs 42 mins

(17 March) 

Hours of sitting

40 hrs 25 mins

 123 hrs 45 mins

Business conducted in the Senate

  • government business
  • general business
    • including time spent on private senators' bills

  • questions without notice
  • urgency/MPI
  • business of the Senate
  • other
  • adjournment debate

 

18 hrs 00 mins
10 hrs 52 mins
01 hrs 30 mins


04 hrs 12 mins
03 hrs 09 mins
00 hrs 37 mins
00 hrs 05 mins
03 hrs 30 mins

 

46 hrs 19 mins
38 hrs 30 mins
06 hrs 11 mins


12 hrs 39 mins
09 hrs 26 mins
01 hrs 30 mins
01 hrs 44 mins
13 hrs 37 mins

Questions placed on notice

16*

437**

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

132

4 sitting days

393

12 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

34.5

32.6

Notices of motion given

63

134

Petitions presented

1

1

Signatories to petitions

1453

1453

Divisions

18

47

* Questions placed on notice from 6 March to 19 March 2015, inclusive

** Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2014 to 19 March 2015 inclusive

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills

 

0
1

 

0
7

Received from the House of Representatives - government bills

7

 28

Received from the House of Representatives - private members' bills

 0

 0

Passed in the Senate

10

36

Bills negatived

1

2

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

12

13

Bills referred to committees

4

20

2015

2015 - 16 to 19 March 2015

Business conducted in the Senate in the period 16 to 19 March 2015